Combined bed and couch.



PATENTED JUNE 9, 1903.

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APPLIOATIOR FILED MAR} 20, 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented June 9, 1903. v

PATENT OFFICE.

C OMBINED BED AND COUCH.

SZPEOIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 730,392, dated June 9, 1903.

Application filed March 20, 1902. Serial lie. 99,075. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

} Be it known that 1, DAVID T. OWEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

, My invention relates to a combined bed and couch; and the invention consistsin a bed and couch and intervening mechanism for raising and loweringthe couch automatically when the bed is raised and lowered, all substantially as shown and described, andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention, in which the bed is folded and the couch is'raised.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the said parts on a line corresponding to mx,"Fig 3, the bedand cabinet being in cross-section. Fig.3 is a vertical end elevation of the bed and couch shown in Figs. 1 and2 on a linecorresponding to y y, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an end elevation on the same line as Fig. 3, showing the couch down and the bed over it in position to be occupied. Fig. 5 is an enlarged inside perspective View of the mechanism for raising and lowering the couch as it is shownin-the foregoing views.

form of 'antomatic mechanism connecting said parts.

In a combined bed and couch of the character thus shown, wherein the couch is to be used as couches ordinarily are when the bed is folded or raised and out of the way, it is desirable that the couch be so arranged and supported that it can be raised and lowered according as it is to be in or out of use. If it be not capable of movement in this way and is used with a bed foldable over it, the couch will beeither too low for comfortas a seat, or

I if permanently high enough fora seat it will Fig. 6 is an end elevation of a section of bed and couch and a modified a bed at the usual level. I have conceived the idea of a mechanical connection and operation between the bed and couch thatwill raise the couch automatically when thebed is raisedand lower the couch when the bed is lowered. By these means the couch will beautomatically raised to acomfortable seating elevation and held in that position by its controlling mechanism when thebed is up,

while it will be also automatically lowered when the bed is turned down for use, as seen i in Fig. i. This assures a comfortable position for both bed and couch and controls the position of the couch by simply raising and lowering the bed and without material addi- I tion of labor in effecting the movements of the bed itself.

To these severalends the invention comprises, first,a combined bed and couch frame A, referred to. hereinafter as the main frame, whichis preferably of an attractive cabinet form and also preferably equipped at its top with a book-Shelia, and when finished and furnished-for example, as seen in Fig.

1--it becomes anattractive article of furnitains above further divert themind from the idea of its being a bed. This makes the article desirable and popular for f uruishing apartmen t and other rooms. where the suiteis limited or where circumstances demand that the family should occupy small apartments and possibly use the sitting-room also as a bedroom. The principle of construction is the same in all cases, and the mattress and mattress-frame are adapted to be foldedin an upright position with their edges within the ends of main frame A when raised. The said frame has its pivots at a, with its lower portion projecting behind and beneath said pivots, as seenin Figs.

3 and 4. This rearward and downward projecting portion is utilized, as seen in these figures, as a means of engagement for the couch-operating mechanism. The said mechanism comprises, first, a set of standards 2 upon the base at each end of the couch-frame, and upon these are supported double-armed levers L, having opposite arms 3 and 4: of equal length, and arms 3 are pivotally connected to the bottom of the couch C, while the arms 4 are connected by a controlling bar or rod 5, and a link 6 is attached at one end to the nearest arm 4 and at the other end to the lower portion of the bed-frame below its pivot a. A similar construction and arrangement of mechanism is provided at each end of the couch and bed, and thelevers and their arms are of such length and are so constructed and arranged in respect to all the parts that they give the desired up-and-down and forward-and-back movement to the couch when the bed is raised and lowered. The effect of this arrangement further is to carry the couch forward away from the bed when down, as in Fig. 4, so that the extremities of the levers 3 and 4. travel practically on an arc of a circle in each movement, with the highest point of travel where the couch rests in the raised portion. This takes the couch away from the bed snfficiently to enable the bed to turn down on its pivot a, and in so far as the operation is concerned the folding down of the bed is practically as easy and simple as if there were no couch connected with it. When the bed is raised or folded in the cabinet, the movements are directly the reverse of the foregoing, and the couch is restored to its raised position for use, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3.

The construction and arrangement of parts just described is likewise clear in Fig. 5, wherein said parts are enlarged to show their construction more plainly than would otherwise appear.

Amodification of the mechanism above described for automatically controlling the position of the couch through the bed is seen in Fig. 6, wherein the couch stands on two posts or supports 7 at each end and pivotally engaged with the couch-frame at one end and with the base of main frame A at the other end, and a link 8 connects the end of the couch with bed-frame B some distance above pivot a. The effect obtained by this construction and arrangement of parts is identically the same as by the construction in Figs.

1 to 4, and so it occurs when the bed is lowered for use that link 8 serves to carry the couch 0 forward and downward horizontally and on curved lines, as occurs in Figs. 3and 4, and in like manner the couch is raised and held in raised position through the folding of the bed into the cabinet.

I might of course suggest still other modifications or forms of construction and connection between the bed and couch frames for automatically controlling the positions of the couch through the bed more or less after the manner of the forms herein shown; but I do not deem it necessary to elaborate this portion of the invention at this time, because, so far as I know and believe, the idea of the automatic operation herein set forth of the couch through the movements of the bed is broadly new.

What I claim is- 1. In a combined bed and couch, a movable couch, a bed pivoted at the rear side of the couch and mechanism connecting the couch and bed and constructed to bring the bed into vertical position behind the couch to form a back thereto and to lower the couch automatically when the bed is lowered, substantially as described.

2. In acombined bed and couch, aseat-support and a movable seat thereon, in combination with a bed pivotally supported at the rear side of the seat and adapted to fold over the same and having its bottom finished to form a back to the seat, and mechanism conheating the seat with the bed and constructed to raise the seat when the bed is raised, substantially as described. I r

3. In a combined bed and couch, a main frame, a movable couch therein and a folding bed supported on a fixed pivot on the said frame at the rear side of the couch and hav ing its bottom finished to form a finished back for the couch, and mechanism to raise and lower the couch when the bed is raised and lowered, the said mechanism being pivotally connected to both couch and bed, substantially as described.

4. A couch and a folding bed supported in an upright position at the rear side of the couch and forming a back therefor and adapted to turn on its pivots over the couch and constitute .a bed, and mechanism connecting the ends of the couch with the bed, said mechanism constructed to automatically raise and lower the couch on an arc of a circle when the bed is raised and lowered, whereby the couch is carried bodily away from the bed when the bed is lowered, substantially as described.

5. In folding beds, a main frame, a bedframe having fixed pivots thereon at its ends on which it is adapted to be raised and lowered, a movable couch-seat in front of said bed-frame and pivoted supports for the said couch-seat having fixed pivots beneath said seat and link connections between the ends of the bed-frame and the said supports for the couch-seat, whereby the said seat is raised and lowered automatically when the bed is raised and lowered, and the bed-frame having a finished bottom constituting a back for the couch, substantially as described.

6. In a combined folding bed and movable couch, a bed on fixed pivots and a couch in front of the bed and supports for the couch 7. The main frame, a. couch and pivot-sup- I the bed when the bed is raised and lowered 10 ports for the couch on the said frame, in eomsubstantially'as described.

bination with a folding bed at the rear of the Witness my hand to the foregoing specificonch having fixed pivots on a, plane below cation this 28th day of February, 1902.

the top of the couch when the-same is raised,

and a finished bottom forming the back of the couch, and mechanism pivotaily connect- Witnesses:

ing the couch with the bed and constructed R. B. MOSER, to move the couch to and from the pivots of T. M. MADDEN.

. DAVID T. OWEN. 

